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The Rapid Intervention and Major Foam Vehicles will arrive in Ukraine in the coming weeks.
Thundery downpours are forecast throughout large parts of the UK.
Stephen and Carol Baxter were found unresponsive by their daughter Ellie Baxter in their home in West Mersea, Essex.
Finlay Butler, eight, and his younger brother Samuel, six, perished alongside their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, and another boy, Jack Johnson, 10.
Second-day of disruption for strike-hit schools England’s schools are facing another day of disruption as teachers strike for a second time this week. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) are striking for the seventh day of national action since February, in a long-running dispute over pay. The NEU are balloting for more industrial action in the autumn which could involve co-ordinated strikes with other education unions. Many schools are expected to fully or partially close today. It’s the country’s seventh national strike, and the eighth day of significant disruption for England’s schools because of previous action at the regional…
Wimbledon school crash: Driver quizzed after death of girl, 8 A woman in her 40s is being questioned over the car crash at a Wimbledon school, which left an eight-year-old girl dead and at least 16 others injured, some remain in critical condition. The woman remains in custody having been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Her Land Rover crashed into The Study Preparatory School in Wimbledon, south-west London, on Thursday. The BBC says one line of inquiry is that the driver had a medical incident. 15 ambulances were sent to the scene and at least 12…
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Sajda Mughal OBE warned that racism and intolerance is on the rise as she spoke to mark the 18th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Friday’s front pages report yesterday’s incident when a Land Rover crashed into a school tea party in Wimbledon, south-west London. A girl, 8, died as a result of the crash at The Study Preparatory School on Thursday morning. The driver, a woman in her 40s, has been arrested and the incident is not being treated as terror-related. Wimbledon school car crash One girl has died and 10 others remain in hosptial. Some of the papers feature images of the car crash. “Horror at the end of term tea party” says the Daily Mail. “Horrific,”…
Police at the scene in Wimbledon are not treating the event as a terrorist incident.
Armed police were seen surrounding Redruth’s Red Lion pub earlier this evening (Picture: OSBK Smokehouse/BPM MEDIA) A man has left with suspected gunshot wounds and another reportedly attacked with an axe during a ‘serious assault’ in Redruth. The two men were involved in an incident on the Cornwall town’s Drump Road at around 6.30pm this evening. Officers from the armed unit were sent to the address along with a police helicopter, and remain on the scene. Police dressed in black could be seen gathering around the town’s Red Lion pub earlier this evening. Both men have been taken to hospital.…
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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Thursday’s front pages feature various stories. Several of the papers feature images of the protests at Wimbledon. Labour education plans The Times leads with reports that Labour if elected at the next general election, would put speaking fluently and clearly at the heart of the national curriculum – giving it the same status as literacy and numeracy. The paper says similar lessons are routinely taught in private schools and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer writes in an article in the paper, of his concern that state school students are being left behind. Sir Keir…
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‘The protest was a lot less interesting than the exit.’